Buttons & Beads Necklace

By Allie Gower on May 23, 2013 in Jewelry, Wearable

Hi, it’s Allie! It’s Thursday, time for some button jewelry, and I’m sharing a Buttons & Beads Necklace with you today.

If you have a basic understanding of stringing, this necklace is super simple!

I went with a rainbow sherbet color scheme – pink lemonade, raspberry, orange – yummy, right? I used satin finish buttons – picking out all the same size, just because … The pinks (dark and light) are from the Victorian Collection. The orange ones are from the Tutti Fruity Collection.

I used single seed beads on both ends and I strung the wire through both holes in the buttons, using a seed bead on the wire coming out of each hole. I went about 2/3 of the way around the necklace in this manner, and then brought both strands together with seed beads. I reversed the order of the seed beads after each set of matched buttons – just to add a little interest.

Simple Repetition

I finished it off this necklace with a simple magnetic closure and some crimping beads. I particularly like magnetic closures for kids – if they accidentally got caught on something, it would open. The magnet is strong enough to stay closed during normal wear.